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rlucas Samba Member
Joined: April 28, 2011 Posts: 70 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 11:30 pm Post subject: 53 Standard wheel colors |
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Hi all,
Yesterday went to look at a project car for a friend and it raised a question for me to wich I didn't find an answer in the forum section or online. Whatare the correct colors for the wheels of a 53 oval standard? OFten in restorations they seems to be made completely grey. I have seen some 56 or so ovals with white centers. in pictures i have seen 52 splits with the red wheel centers.
The 53 we went to see did have traces of red paint on atleast one of the wheels, so it seems that atleast for the 53 year they might have had? Are there any pictures of 53 ovals that also would show the pinstripe on the door?
Many thanks in advance! |
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AirJoker Samba Member
Joined: August 28, 2011 Posts: 5 Location: Finland
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Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 4:15 am Post subject: |
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Rim outer part L464 (slate), rim center L53 (sealing wax red) or L392 (misty grey), Hubcap L226 (silver grey) and VW logo L53 (sealing wax red) or L392 (misty grey). Inside and backround of the rim are black.
I have seen both color combinations, red and white centers.
My standard has L392 centers and VW logos. |
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rlucas Samba Member
Joined: April 28, 2011 Posts: 70 Location: Netherlands
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 4:58 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Airjoker! The misty grey I ha dindeed seen before on several ovals (restored ones also), often people also seems to paint their wheels solid grey. In this case on this 53 oval it seems they used sealing wax red as the color for the centers. Probably then there was also a red pinstripe on the side?
My friend bought this car, after picking it up we will see if we can find traces somehwere if there was a red pinstripe maybe. What year is your standard? |
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